Emergent Actors in World Politics: How States and Nations Develop and Dissolve

by Lars-Erik Cederman

Book Overview

The disappearance and formation of states and nations after the end of the Cold War have proved puzzling to both theorists and policymakers. Lars-Erik Cederman argues that this lack of conceptual preparation stems from two tendencies in conventional theorizing. First, the dominant focus on cohesive nation-states as the only actors of world politics obscures crucial differences between the state and the nation. Second, traditional theory usually...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691021481
• ISBN13: 9780691021485
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"